Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 314 The Troubled Cosmic Sea
After the Supreme Conference, Lu Jin went to Shanhaitian.

When Lu Jin left Shan Hai Tian, ​​there were 200,000 fewer immortal-level demonic beasts inside.

In the external storage space, there were also 100,000 perfect gene bloodline source crystals and 100,000 99999 times gene bloodline source crystals.

Subsequently, Lu Jin summoned all the Heavenly Court's Universe Lords and above to gather at the Lingxiao Palace in the Great Luo Heaven.

Inside the majestic Lingxiao Palace, more than 13,000 figures gathered.

Thanks to the Enlightenment Diagram of the Superior Laws, even though Lu Jin has not bestowed any more Spacetime Law Godheads or Fusion Law Godheads in the last tens of millions of epochs, the Heavenly Court still has more than three thousand Universe Lords who control spacetime.

As the strongest force among humans, the Heavenly Court holds a Genius Battle in the virtual universe every thousand years, which can be participated in by all star-level humans in the universe.

With the aid of the Enlightenment Diagrams of various Laws, anyone who ranks high in the Genius Battle and does not perish along the way can succeed.

Before reaching immortality, they could all pass through the Primordial Heavenly Mountain at the World Lord level, reaching the genius standard that only appeared once every tens of millions of eras in the past human race.

In the future, they will basically be able to master space or time, become cosmic masters, and many will even become cosmic overlords.

For geniuses who emerge only once every tens of thousands of epochs, becoming the master of the universe is not difficult if they rely on the Dao Enlightenment Diagram of the superior laws.

Of course, the geniuses that appear once every ten thousand epochs in the human race today are not the same as the geniuses that appeared once every ten thousand epochs in the past.

In the past, the human race's territory consisted of only 1008 star sectors, but now the Heavenly Court alone has over 100 million star sectors.

Even though the original 1008 star sectors of the human race were all the most precious territories in the original universe, making it easier for geniuses to emerge.

The vast majority of star sectors under the Heavenly Court are just ordinary territories, where the probability of producing geniuses is relatively low.

However, due to the huge difference in quantity, the two are still not comparable.

Even though the chance of a genius emerging from an ordinary territory is far lower than that from the most elite territory, the total number of geniuses that emerge after the territory is expanded by 100,000 times is still very large.

The number of geniuses emerging in the same era has skyrocketed, and those who can still be called geniuses that appear only once every tens of thousands of eras naturally have a higher level of prestige.

Moreover, while he is said to be a genius who appears only once every ten thousand epochs in the human race, he can also be considered a genius who appears only once every ten thousand epochs in the primordial universe.

After all, the human race now not only occupies all the most valuable territories in the universe, but also most of the territory in the original universe.

The once-renowned Koti, who appeared only once every ten million epochs, would now be considered at most once every ten thousand epochs.

However, this has also led to the fact that geniuses born among the human race are no longer said to appear only once every tens of millions of epochs.

Geniuses in the conventional sense only appear once every tens of thousands of epochs.

As for geniuses who surpass the standard of emerging once every ten thousand epochs, their numbers are too few to establish a standard for classification, so they are no longer classified separately.

"Meet the Emperor of Heaven."

More than 13,000 powerful figures from the Heavenly Court bowed and paid homage.

"No gift."

Lu Jin waved his hand, looked at the Lord of Lingbao Hall, Cangwu, and said, "Cangwu."

"Emperor of Heaven."

The Lord of Cangwu stepped forward.

'Shuh! '

With a thought, Lu Jin sent out a silver world ring, which landed in front of the Lord of Cangwu. He said, "This world ring contains 200,000 bloodline source crystals, 100,000 perfect gene bloodline source crystals, and 100,000 99999 times bloodline source crystals."

From now on, all newly appointed Universe Lords in the Heavenly Court will be able to purchase Perfect Gene Bloodline Source Crystals, originally priced at 100,000 Treasure Points, at a discount according to their respective privileges within the Spirit Treasure Hall.

As for the 99999 times gene bloodline source crystal, Heavenly Court members who have already purchased the 90,000 times gene bloodline source crystal can receive it for free.

From now on, the purchase price of 99999 times gene bloodline source crystal will be linked to the level of secret techniques, and corresponding privilege discounts will be available when purchasing.

The Lord of the Universe created a fifth-order secret technique to purchase treasure points originally priced at 300 million.

The Lord of the Universe created a sixth-order secret technique to purchase two hundred million Treasure Points.

The Lord of the Universe created a seventh-tier secret technique to purchase treasure points originally priced at 100 million.

The Lord of the Universe created an eighth-tier secret technique, which can be obtained directly for free.

Regardless of the level, there are geniuses and mediocre people.

The higher the level of the secret technique created, the more genius one is.

As for the geniuses under its command, the Heavenly Court naturally had to give them certain preferential treatment.

The Lord of the Universe created an eighth-order secret technique, which at least gives him the appearance of a Chaos Ruler. Creating a 99999 times gene bloodline source crystal would not take much effort and can be directly distributed for free.

Similarly, setting different purchase prices can give the cosmic rulers of the Heavenly Court more incentive to create higher-level secret techniques.

Creating secret techniques can hone one's comprehension; the higher the level of the technique, the better its effect.

However, even secret techniques at the same level, created at different stages, can produce different effects on cultivating comprehension.

For example, both are top-tier sixth-order secret techniques created by the Lord of the Universe, and can have a strong effect on tempering comprehension.

But if it were created by a true god, then there would be absolutely no effect on tempering one's understanding.

After all, once a true god comprehends the evolution of chaos, their secret techniques will at least reach the top level of the sixth rank.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

The Lord of Cangwu bowed and accepted the World Ring.

Then, Lu Jin looked at everyone in the hall and said, "Ten thousand times the life gene is the highest level of the divine power route."

When life genes are multiplied ten thousand times, supreme rules will descend to celebrate, and at that time, brilliant golden light will illuminate endless space and time, guiding countless beings in the universe to kneel in worship.

Moreover, by reaching the level of a true god with 100,000 times the genetic power, the diameter of a small universe can reach one billion light-years, and the origin of the universe is a thousand times stronger than that of a true god through ordinary laws and paths.

However, external forces cannot create a 100,000-fold increase in gene potential; it can only be achieved through self-comprehension. A 99999-fold increase in gene potential is the upper limit of external forces allowed by the rules.

In the future, another space will be set up inside the Hall of Ascension to Immortality, where 100,000 paintings of the "Supreme Lord of the Mi Luo" will be hung. Those of you who are interested can give it a try.

Although achieving a life gene that is 100,000 times more difficult is extremely difficult, and most of you may not even be able to do so.

However, in the process of studying the "Mila Supreme Diagram" and researching the genes of life, one can also hone their understanding to some extent, so it's not a complete waste of effort.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

Everyone in the hall bowed in unison in response.

"There is another matter. Because the World Beasts can devour the origin of the universe, the Cosmic Sea will not be peaceful in the future."

"Dhritarashtra, if any celestial beasts attempt to devour your miniature universe's essence, simply drive them away."

Lu Jin addressed the Heavenly King and other true gods of the Heavenly Court.

With supernatural powers: three heads and six arms, the Nine Heavens Divine Armor, a true god-level mechanical treasure, plus nearly 100,000 times the life gene.

In one-on-one situations, the Heavenly Kings of the Heavenly Court have no problem hunting down third-tier world beasts.

Even when facing fourth-tier world beasts, they would generally put up a fight.

Lu Jin was genuinely afraid that his own Heavenly King would directly eliminate the Realm Beasts that hadn't yet fully developed.

The Beasts of the Realm definitely need to be dealt with, but not now.

The Beasts cannot be destroyed before the original will comes knocking; they cannot work for nothing.

"Yes, Heavenly Emperor."

The assembled true gods and heavenly kings bowed in response.

Not long after, the meeting ended, and Lu Jin left the Celestial Realm to visit the Frost Realm, a subsidiary of the Virtual Universe Company.

The Heavenly Frost Secret Realm originally had another name, but after being chosen by the Heavenly Frost Lord, who controls time and space, as the place to guard it, this secret realm was renamed the Heavenly Frost Secret Realm.

As the saying goes, "When one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven," Lu Jin sent his teacher, the Lord of Heavenly Frost, a bloodline crystal with 99999 times the genetic value.

In addition to the Bloodline Source Crystal, Lu Jin also gave the Lord of Heavenly Frost a set of Nine Heavens Divine Armor, as well as various other powerful treasures that were missing.

With the help of the sixth-order secret technique created by the Bodhi tree in the Hall of Immortality, and with nearly 100,000 times the life genes, the Lord of the Universe can cultivate the supernatural power: the second level of Three Heads and Six Arms.

If one can comprehend the third layer of the Nine Heavens Divine Armor's secret runes, the Lord of Heavenly Frost's strength will be enough to leap to the twelfth rank, making him one of the strongest beings in the cosmic sea, excluding members of the Heavenly Court and the Hundred Flowers Imperial Court.

Three days later, a bombshell piece of news came from the Cosmic Sea.

With the combined efforts of more than a dozen True God powerhouses, including the Star Lord of Beichi, the True God of Juehe, and the Blood Orchid Ancestor, they successfully drove away the Beast Zorro, which had devoured the small universe origin of the Nine-Headed Demon Lord.

The reason this is such explosive news is that the dozen or so powerful figures, including the Star Lord Beichi, are already half of the powerful figures in the first and second reincarnation eras of the Cosmic Sea.

Despite mobilizing half of the strongest individuals from two great cycles of reincarnation, they were still unable to capture Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, after he activated the Blood Burning Technique, as he escaped by transforming into ninety-nine clones.

Upon hearing the news, the powerful figures from various factions in the Cosmic Sea who had not participated in the battle for various reasons immediately fell into pessimism.

Even if the initial billion World Beasts were reduced to only one percent or one-thousandth after they devoured each other, that would still amount to tens of millions or millions of World Beasts.

If each of these Beasts possessed Zorro's strength, how could any of the various forces in the Cosmic Sea possibly withstand the overwhelming numbers of these Beasts?

In other words, in the original universe, the Heavenly Court of the human race had a Heavenly Emperor whose strength was extremely outrageous, capable of destroying palace-type supreme treasures.

Otherwise, in desperation, there are far too many spineless cowards who would choose to become guides for the Beasts of the Realm.

Meanwhile, although the origin of the universe was greatly damaged, the Nine-Headed Demon Lord, who had escaped the calamity, appeared in divine form to feast the true gods who came to his aid.

But just as the Nine-Headed Demon Lord was feasting, the Beast Zorro reappeared and struck the Blood Orchid Ancestor's miniature universe.

When the Blood Orchid Ancestor hurriedly led a group of Cosmic Sea True Gods back to his own small universe, the World Beast Zorro did not linger in battle. He directly transformed into ninety-nine clones and fled.

In the time that followed, Zorro the Beast of the Realm employed guerrilla tactics, firing a shot and then moving to a different location.

Under this guerrilla tactic, the assembled powerhouses of the cosmic sea were overwhelmed.

Unless one is lucky enough to ambush and catch the Beast Zorro in a small universe of a true god, this small universe will inevitably have a lot of its cosmic origins devoured.

Moreover, even if they managed to catch him by waiting in vain, the assembled powerful beings of the cosmic sea would be powerless against the Beast Zorro.

The power of the Beast Realm, capable of annihilating divine power; the Blood Burning Technique, which greatly enhances strength upon activation; the Black Mist Cocoon, with its excellent control; and the method of splitting into ninety-nine clones to escape—it's truly a bit overpowered. And most importantly, after the Heavenly Court's calamity, the number of True Gods remaining in the first and second cycles of the Cosmic Sea was already quite small.

In addition, the appearance of the Beast Zorro was somewhat sudden. Half of the true gods of the two great reincarnation eras were still training in the Jin world. Due to the extremely strong power of the Jin world's cosmic membrane, they were unable to return to the cosmic sea.

This resulted in a severe shortage of troops among the powerful beings of the Cosmic Sea. Although they could drive away the Beast Zorro by gathering together, their efficiency was too low.

Splitting up can improve efficiency, but even if you split into two teams, each team will be weaker than Zorro the Beast.

Therefore, splitting up is not advisable.

A century later, the first unlucky one appeared.

Due to the repeated 'visits' of the Beast Zorro, the 'Azure Flame True God' of the second reincarnation era had its cosmic origin completely devoured, the miniature universe began to collapse, and all life within it perished.

Although the main body was still in the Jin world and the Azure Flame True God was unable to return in time, he did not perish directly due to the collapse of the small universe.

However, after losing the miniature universe, the Azure Flame True God's overall strength not only declined accordingly, but also completely extinguished any hope of becoming a Void True God in the future.

Somewhere in the cosmic sea.

"Whoosh!"

Amidst the endless chaotic currents, a streak of dark light streaked across the void at breakneck speed.

"Hehehe—, I've finally advanced to the third rank!"
"The Cosmic Sea truly is my blessed land, Zorro! You scum in my lair, just wait for my triumphant return!"

Feeling an unprecedented surge of power, the Beast Zorro let out an excited, eerie laugh.

Since leaving its lair, it has fought more than thirty guerrilla wars. Although the amount of cosmic origin it devoured each time was not much, it has accumulated to a considerable sum.

Furthermore, having absorbed all the small universe origins of the Azure Flame True God, his strength directly entered the third tier.

Moreover, this time, upon entering the third tier, not only has his ability to survive been greatly enhanced, but his strength has also increased dramatically.

If it were to encounter powerful beings from the Cosmic Sea such as the Lord of the Stars of Bechi or the True God of Juehe again, it would not be it that runs away, but rather those lowly beings from the Cosmic Sea.

'Hmm~, the Heavenly Emperor of the Primordial Universe is extremely powerful, and his small universe has a diameter of one billion light-years.'

The Eastern Emperor Holy Land universe has a diameter of over 3 billion light-years. I wonder if it tastes better than the origin of ordinary small universes.
Well, let's be on the safe side and devour those so-called small universes from the first and second reincarnation eras first.

Once I become a fifth- or even sixth-tier World Beast, no matter how powerful that damned Heavenly Emperor is, he can never be stronger than me, Zorro!

Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, pondered to himself.

As a master of guerrilla tactics, Zorro the Beast of the Realm had already secretly recruited a true god of the cosmic sea as his servant.

By planting a spy within the enemy ranks, the enemy's actions become impossible to conceal.

Moreover, with the help of the Dark Particle, it already knows the general situation of various forces in the Cosmic Sea.

It also knows that the next three thousand years will be the best time for it to act.

Because within three thousand years, half of the true gods of the two great cycles of reincarnation who were undergoing training in the world of Jin were unable to return to the Cosmic Sea.

Before these true gods return, it will be the best time for it to devour the origins of all the major and minor universes in the cosmic sea.

"Whoosh!"

The dark light that streaked across the void stopped outside the Nine-Headed Demon Lord's miniature universe.

"Jiejiejie——"

In the void filled with chaotic energy, the Beast Zorro chuckled and effortlessly devoured the miniature universe origin of the Nine-Headed Demon Lord.

In a small universe.

"Again?!"

The Nine-Headed Demon Lord's divine power avatar's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly took out his communication token to call for reinforcements.

Just one day later, reinforcements began to arrive at the Nine-Headed Demon Lord's miniature universe.

The arrival of the cosmic sea reinforcements was not unnoticed by Zorro, the Beast of the Universe who was devouring the origin of the universe.

But this time, it didn't choose to run away; instead, it remained indifferent and continued to devour the origin of the universe by absorbing time.

Back then, as a peak second-tier beast, I needed to be wary of you, but now I am a noble third-tier world beast!

If I still need to be wary of you, then wouldn't my breakthrough have been in vain?
When reinforcements arrived, led by the Star Lord of Bechi and the True God of Juehe, more than a dozen True Gods of the Universe came to drive away the Beast Zorro.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

After a few minutes of fierce fighting, more than a dozen True Gods, including the Lord of Beichi Star and the True God Juehe, whose divine bodies had been severely damaged, fled in panic.

The strength of a third-tier world beast is no longer within the range of a dozen or so powerful beings from the cosmic sea, including the Star Lord Beichi and the True God Juehe.

For example, even the most powerful Star Lord Beichi and True God Juehe only reached the ninth level in terms of secret techniques.

The Divine Power Burning Secret Technique cannot compare to the Heavenly Court, which possesses a lineage of inheritance. The True God-level Mechanical Treasures obtained in the Jin World have relatively ordinary upper limits of effectiveness, and cannot compare to the Nine Heavens Divine Armor, which is a top-grade item. Furthermore, it lacks supreme treasures and weapons at the level of Void True Gods.

With the enhancement of the Divine Power Burning Secret Technique and the Mechanical Flow Treasure, his strength was only just at the thirteenth-level True God.

With just two thirteenth-tier True Gods and more than ten weaker True Gods, they naturally couldn't defeat Zorro, a third-tier World Beast whose power was extremely effective against divine power.

Of course, given that after killing a true god, the true god's miniature universe will collapse directly, and the origin of the universe will also disappear.

In order to consume more of the universe's origin, the Beast Zorro did not go on a killing spree or launch a pursuit. Instead, it turned back to continue devouring the Nine-Headed Demon Lord's miniature universe.

In the eyes of Zorro, the Beast of the Universe, all the small universes in the Cosmic Sea are resources for its future evolution. These precious cosmic origins must not be wasted.

Even if it kills the true god of the cosmic sea in the future, it will only kill those true gods who have lost their miniature universes.

"Great Lord Zorro, I submit!"

The Nine-Headed Demon Lord's divine power avatar shouted at the World Beast Zorro.

The already dwindling cosmic essence was rapidly weakening, and out of desperation, the Nine-Headed Demon Lord tried one last, desperate measure.

The collapse of his mini-universe would not necessarily lead to his demise, but without it, he would have no chance of becoming a true god of the void.

With the emergence of the Jin world, the hope of surviving reincarnation and becoming a true god of the void is right before our eyes. No matter what, the Nine-Headed Demon Lord is unwilling to give up.

Otherwise, even if he could survive after losing his miniature universe, as a being of the second reincarnation era, he could only survive for one and a half reincarnation eras at most.

"Hmph, you lowly ant, the great Zorro has no need for servants like you."

While devouring the delicious cosmic essence, Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, said disdainfully.

If it hasn't recruited any servants by now, it will most likely take in the Nine-Headed Demon Lord as a spy.

However, since it already had servants and spies infiltrated into the life forms of the Cosmic Sea, it naturally looked down on the Nine-Headed Demon Lord.

Servants and such are nowhere near as delicious as the essence of the universe.

"Damn Beasts of the Realm, you will be wiped out by the evil Heavenly Court one day!"

"Damn Heavenly Emperor, you despicable, shameless, and evil!"

Having finally convinced himself to be a dog, only to be rejected, the Nine-Headed Demon Lord, filled with anger and indignation, immediately launched into a tirade, cursing the Beast Zorro and also cursing Lu Jin for abandoning him in his time of need.

If the Heavenly Court had extended a helping hand, would the cosmic beasts have been able to wreak havoc on the cosmic sea?
You should know that the eight Heavenly Kings of the four directions and four seasons in the Heavenly Court are all powerful beings whose strength surpasses his, the Lord of the Bechi Star, and the True God of Juehe.

The Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court is so powerful that he can destroy even the most powerful treasures, such as palaces.

Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, may be very strong, but he is definitely no match for the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court. In fact, even the Eight Heavenly Kings could probably defeat Zorro.

"As expected of a lowly life form in the cosmic sea, its behavior is inconsistent and truly despicable to the great Zorro."

Fortunately, the great Zorro did not recruit you, otherwise my illustrious name would surely be tarnished by your hand.

Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, scoffed with disdain.

"Rumble--"

Two days later, the Nine-Headed Demon Lord's miniature universe was completely devoured, its cosmic origins were completely consumed, the entire miniature universe lost its vitality, countless lives within it perished, and it collapsed.

"Whoosh!"

Subsequently, Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, transformed into a beam of dark light and departed, heading towards the next universe, the small universe of the True God of the Universe.

The boundless cosmic ocean, centered on the primordial universe, stretches for countless trillions of light-years.

After the Lord of the Universe entered into true godhood, and the divine kingdom evolved into a miniature universe, it entered the cosmic sea.

The miniature universe of the true God is not static, but is constantly moving away from the original universe.

Therefore, the miniature universe of the true god in the primordial universe era is closest to the primordial universe, with the primordial universe at its center.

The True God's miniature universe in the second cycle is the next most distant, while the True God's miniature universe in the first cycle is the furthest.

In less than a thousand years, the primordial universe near the Inclined Peak Realm and the smaller universes of the thirteen true gods of the two great reincarnation eras, which were farther away, had their cosmic origins completely devoured by the World Beast Zorro, and all living beings within them vanished, turning into cosmic remnants.

It is no exaggeration to say that following the calamities of the Heavenly Court, the long-suffering Cosmic Sea has once again been struck by a devastating catastrophe.

"Whoosh!"

Amidst the endless chaotic currents, a streak of dark light streaked across the void and appeared outside a small universe.

'According to the information provided by my lowly servant, this small universe is the work of the giant axe of the primordial human race?'
Over the years, the great Zorro's strength, though not yet reaching the fourth tier, has improved considerably compared to when he first entered the third tier. Why not test the mettle of the primordial universe's human race?

Recalling the intelligence information of various forces in the Cosmic Sea, Zorro, the Beast of the World, thought to himself.

To be honest, Zorro, the Beast of the Realm, was quite puzzled.

Based on the intelligence gathered, the human race in the primordial universe was very powerful, especially the Heavenly Court.

Even the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court, before becoming a true god and when he was still the Lord of the Universe, dared to send numerous avatars to seal off the Dark Land and hunt down great Realm Beasts. His audacity and strength were extraordinary.

Strangely, despite having devoured the miniature universes of sixteen Cosmic Sea True Gods, the Heavenly Court remained unmoved and took no action against it.

Could it be that the Heavenly Court is afraid of the great Lord Zorro?

(End of this chapter)